Testosterone

I was wondering when DH should have his sperm/testosterone checked. We are beginning month 6 of ttc month 5 of charting and opks. DH has a low sex drive he really doesn't want sex very often maybe once every week or two. Since ttc I've put a lot of emphasis on having sex making sure I'm spicing it up and doing something different so he will be willing to BD every other day. Last cycle we BD every other day up to my fertile week and BD every day. As soon as I ovulated he said I drained him and didn't want to BD again until this cycle. I have longer cycles so it was 3 and a half weeks with nothing. I thought it was me but he says its not. I guess I have the stereotype where men should want sex more than a woman so it makes me feel weird that I have to beg him to have sex for fun and not just BD. I asked the dr at his checkup if he should have his testosterone checked and she said no but I couldn't explain why bc I didn't want to embarrass him. He's 26 and I'm 23 he's said he's never really felt he needed to have sex and was never overly interested in girls he only had one gf before we met and we got married. I'm just not sure what else I can do to make him want to have sex when I've tried everything. Could it be his testosterone? If it was could this be interfering with his sperm? Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post!

I was wondering when DH should have his sperm/testosterone checked. We are beginning month 6 of ttc month 5 of charting and opks. DH has a low sex drive he really doesn't want sex very often maybe once every week or two. Since ttc I've put a lot of emphasis on having sex making sure I'm spicing it up and doing something different so he will be willing to BD every other day. Last cycle we BD every other day up to my fertile week and BD every day. As soon as I ovulated he said I drained him and didn't want to BD again until this cycle. I have longer cycles so it was 3 and a half weeks with nothing. I thought it was me but he says its not. I guess I have the stereotype where men should want sex more than a woman so it makes me feel weird that I have to beg him to have sex for fun and not just BD. I asked the dr at his checkup if he should have his testosterone checked and she said no but I couldn't explain why bc I didn't want to embarrass him. He's 26 and I'm 23 he's said he's never really felt he needed to have sex and was never overly interested in girls he only had one gf before we met and we got married. I'm just not sure what else I can do to make him want to have sex when I've tried everything. Could it be his testosterone? If it was could this be interfering with his sperm? Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post!

U hve to tke baby steps.. Meanin if u know hes not a sex addict then slowly progress into havn sex more. Ttc is a major step and tkes both parties involved. If hes not really into it as often then his spermies wont b either. The bigger and wilder and orgasm is for a man the more spermies u get flowing. Dont get frustrated. My dh loves sex but when i told him bout goin for 8-9 days in a row he was fine till we actually did it. Its draining. It will work out. Dont take his low sex drive personally.. Ur the one he married!!!

U hve to tke baby steps.. Meanin if u know hes not a sex addict then slowly progress into havn sex more. Ttc is a major step and tkes both parties involved. If hes not really into it as often then his spermies wont b either. The bigger and wilder and orgasm is for a man the more spermies u get flowing. Dont get frustrated. My dh loves sex but when i told him bout goin for 8-9 days in a row he was fine till we actually did it. Its draining. It will work out. Dont take his low sex drive personally.. Ur the one he married!!!

Thanks ladies! Ill have to look into some natural remedies. Although he's a pharmacist so he might say no to my suggestions. He does really want a little one though so maybe if I find something he will try it. Just wish I knew when it would be a good time to have him checked out. The whole trying for a year thing is hard when it seems like something's not right. I'm trying to be patient though and ill just keep doing my best to spice things up. ;)

Thanks ladies! Ill have to look into some natural remedies. Although he's a pharmacist so he might say no to my suggestions. He does really want a little one though so maybe if I find something he will try it. Just wish I knew when it would be a good time to have him checked out. The whole trying for a year thing is hard when it seems like something's not right. I'm trying to be patient though and ill just keep doing my best to spice things up. ;)

My DH had very similar symptoms. He's never had an active sex drive. He did get his testosterone levels checked three months ago and they were extremely low. He's now on hormone replacement (he uses the gel). His numbers dropped at first because the body stops producing it on its own, but hopefully they go up. He gets a blood draw every two weeks. I'm glad we did get his numbers checked so we can get it corrected before TTCing.

My DH had very similar symptoms. He's never had an active sex drive. He did get his testosterone levels checked three months ago and they were extremely low. He's now on hormone replacement (he uses the gel). His numbers dropped at first because the body stops producing it on its own, but hopefully they go up. He gets a blood draw every two weeks. I'm glad we did get his numbers checked so we can get it corrected before TTCing.

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